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Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1995

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41 seats, 21.20%
  
30 seats, 18.66%

100
  
22

59
  
8

Start date
  
May 8, 1995

30 seats, 18.66%
  
86 seats, 33.73%

22
  
17

7,811,625
  
2,342,378

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Winner
  
Jose de Venecia Jr

The Elections for the House of Representatives of the Philippines were held on May 8, 1995. Being the first midterm election since 1938, the party of the incumbent president, Fidel V. Ramos's Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, won a plurality of the seats in the House of Representatives.

The elected representatives served in the 10th Congress from 1995 to 1998. Jose de Venecia, Jr. was easily reelected as the speaker of the House.

Results

The administration party, Lakas-NUCD-UMDP, forged an electoral agreement with Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino to create the Lakas-Laban Coalition. Candidates from the Liberal Party and PDP–Laban also joined the administration coalition. On the other hand, Nationalist People's Coalition led the opposition coalition that also composed of candidates from Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, People's Reform Party and Partido ng Masang Pilipino.

The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.

References

Philippine House of Representatives elections, 1995 Wikipedia